Careful, "a careful carriage" (WS[173],a), full of care: cf. Painful, Hateful. "By him that raised me to this careful height."—Shakespeare, Rich. III. (1597), i. 3.
Caren, "as carene" (M[32],d), carrion. "I felte the stench of caren here present."—Wisdom (E.E.T.S.), 71, 1103.
Caronous, "caronous body" (N[89],c), rotten: of Shakespeare (Julius Cæsar, iii. 1), "That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial."
Casse, "I hung upon the casse" (M[27],d), apparently a frame of some sort.
Cat, "a cat ... may look on a king" (R[236],b); see Heywood, Works (E.E.D.S.), II., 340, s.v. Cat a.
Catch, "Catch that catch may" (R[187],b). An early example of this proverbial saying.
Caton (JE[352],c), Cato, the Roman Censor: the pattern of sternness and austere manner, he stabbed himself at Utica 46 B.C. because, considering freedom as alone sustaining the dignity of man, he felt himself unable to survive the independence of his country. He was frequently quoted by writers of this period—"Caton, the grete clerke "—Cast. Persev. (E.E.T.S., 103, 868).
Caveatis, "I say Caveatis" (M[21],d; 22,b), Beware!
Cavillation, "make this cavillation" (WH[281],d), frivolous objections, cavilling. "I might add so much concerning the large odds between the case of the eldest churches in regard of heathens, and ours in respect of the Church of Rome, that very cavillation itself should be satisfied."—Hook.